Race Card #97-Another Fallen, Forgotten Hero

[LUKE'57]

Race Card #97-Another Fallen, Forgotten Hero

Although not as completely swept under the carpet as Tim Richmond, it seems, that with his successful though short racing career, the name of Lee Roy Yarbough is very seldom mentioned.

He won the "Winston Million" before there ever was such a thing and made the journey to Indy before you could take your regular ride on the stock car circuit with you. He was a true racer in the mold of Curtis Turner and probably the least respecful of sheet metal, both his and everybody else's, since ol' Pops made the "tap" an art form.

I met him once and didn't really like him but you have to admit his talent behind the wheel made up for a lot of PR shortcomings. But like him or hate him, when he got behind the wheel of a race car he was as much a force of nature to be reckoned with as a tornado or earthquake. Whether it was complications from the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or long term effects of the many hard crashes, Lee Roy was a talent that has seldom been equalled before or since his all too brief visit to the land of the fire-breathing chariots that make up the world of stock car racing.

As we come nearer to the end of this little project, here is Lee Roy's ride for Bud Moore in Big Bud's little '67 Comet. Another in a long and distinguished line of scale race cars from the Jackie Sims Race Cars shop.

[JTRACING]

thats a very cool looking car!! great job!!

[LUKE'57]

Thank you and that seat in your post is a work of art and a model in itsself.

[JTRACING]

Originally Posted by LUKE'57

Thank you and that seat in your post is a work of art and a model in itsself.

Thank you!! That’s very inspiring coming from someone with your talent!

Somebody told me once, to build every piece of a model as if it were a model in itself.

[Layla's Keeper]

Lee Roy and Timmy are forgotten by NASCAR for that exact reason, they're not how NASCAR wants to remember itself.

Great model, and great job of remembering a hard-charging driver with the will and the skill to win.

And of course some durn Yankee is going to keep bringing up Timmy Richmond. Hell, Sandusky Speedway (my home track) is just one of the many tracks he scored wins at and held the track record at before he left to play with the fendered thingies.